One of the most talked about innovations that blockchain technology has brought to the table is so-called smart contracts. The Ethereum project was the first to introduce blockchain-based smart contracts that are able to automatically pay out digital currency when certain conditions are met. Today, there is a range of […]
Bitcoin was created as a digital peer-to-peer payment system that enables users to store, send, and receive money without the need of a financial intermediary such as a bank. Early altcoins that followed bitcoin, such as litecoin, for example, effectively all had the same function. Hence, the term “cryptocurrencies” was […]
New finance is the category covering digital currencies, token markets, and blockchain-enabled assets. The easiest way to think about “new finance” vs. “old finance” is like the difference between “new media” vs. “old media.” In 1995, when the Web first began to take over the world, I was working for […]
Do you want to add bitcoin to your portfolio but question how much bitcoin exposure you should have? In this article, you will discover what leading investors and financial advisors think about what percentage of your portfolio should be in bitcoin. Five Percent of Your Net Worth Fred Wilson, CEO […]
Mark Frauenfelder is an editor at wired.com. In an article published in October, Frauenfelder detailed how he spent eight months in his attempt to recover 7.4 bitcoin, worth approximately $50,000 at the time this article was written. Detailing his plight to recover the PIN for his physical bitcoin wallet after […]
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a new type of fundraising that allow investors to get in early on new companies and projects [read our Beginner’s Guide to ICOs here]. In this article, we’ll cover the basics of how to invest in ICOs. In summary: Do your due diligence. Get the […]
With so many Initial Coin Offerings being announced every week, investors need some way of sorting the good from the bad. The situation is similar to the early days of the California Gold Rush. Hundreds of thousands of prospectors flocked to California during the mid-1800s, seeking their fortune in gold. […]
Cryptomover is a digital asset management firm which offers access to two indices called the Cryptomover 3 Index and the Cryptomover 10 index. Each of these indices allows customers to track investable digital assets “without the hassle of owning individual wallets and worrying about individual price fluctuations.” At the most […]
ICO regulations have been recently issued in several jurisdictions including the U.S., China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea, which has somewhat dampened the boom in initial coin offerings (ICOs). New projects now have to gather expensive legal advice to ensure that their token sales will not get them into […]
What happens to your bitcoin if you die? If you are like many people, you may not have given this much thought. After all, it is not a pleasant topic. However, if you have a spouse or children as dependents, you should absolutely consider your digital currency holdings in your […]
